Who was the Russian scientist whose work in motor control and learning from the 1920s through 1950s did not come to the attention of movement scientists in the West until the 1970s, and then helped to initiate an entirely new approach to the study of motor skills?
A. Vladimir Brodsky
B. Nikolai Bernstein
C. Sergey Shevchenko
D. Vladimir Tolstoy
B
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Channel is a 43-year-old female who has been in sexual relationships with both men and women in the past. She is presently dating a 32-year-old female and thinking of moving to a state that legally recognizes marriage between two women. She is thinking of marrying her partner despite admitting that she still finds both men and women attractive. Channel is considered __________ in terms of her sexual orientation.
A. homosexual B. heterosexual C. bisexual D. transsexual
Mental acts in which objects are changed or transformed and then can be returned to their original states are called
a. operations. b. mental flexibility acts. c. precausal thinking. d. transductive reasoning.
Cosella is conducting an experiment where she assesses how quickly teenagers can run a 100-meter race after consuming specific amounts of caffeine. She divides her sample up into three groups. Group 1 receives a glass of water with no caffeine added. Group 2 receives a glass of water with an amount of caffeine equivalent to that in one cup of coffee. Group 3 receives a glass of water with an
amount of caffeine equivalent to that in two cups of coffee. Each participant is then timed as they run the course. In this study, the dependent variable is a. the previous running experience of each participant. b. the teenagers who are being studied. c. the time it takes to run the 100-meter race. d. the amount of caffeine being ingested.
According to Selye, some people may develop illnesses such as high blood pressure or a weakened immune system during the __________ stage of the general adaptation syndrome
a) alarm b) collapse c) exhaustion d) resistance